Faculty/Staff Detail

Bernadette  M.  West, PhD, MA
Associate Professor

Assistant Dean, Stratford/Camden Campus and Community Health
P/NB Office Phone: 735.235.4535


Primary Affil: UMDNJ - School of Public Health
SPH Department: Health Systems and Policy - Piscataway/New Brunswick
Units: N/A
Campus: Stratford/Camden
Building: UEC
Room: 1114
Phone: 856.566.2790
Fax: 856.566.2882
Email: westbm@umdnj.edu


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Degrees/Certifications:

PhD, 1992, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
MA, 1981, American University

Global Public Health Experience:

Yes

Research Interests:

Community Health Assessment; Violence; Disability; Community Health Planning

Community Service/Community Research Projects:

  • V.O.I.C.E.S. - health education workshops on asthma and nutrition and exercise. Partner: Amandla Crossing; Camden Urban Women’s Center; Elijah’s Promise; Chandler Clinic
  • Trenton Spirit Walk Initiative; Partner: Isle, Inc., Trenton, NJ 
  • Dominican Republic Health Outreach Project. Partner: Crossroads/Dominican Republic
  • UMDNJ-SPH Split, Croatia Public Health Partnership (on-site technical assistance to the project on adolescent alcohol prevention). Partner: City of Split, Croatia.
  • Community health assessment project including the involvement of UMDNJ-SPH Stratford/Camden students. Partner: Camden City Healthy Futures – Camden, NJ
  • Participant in the countywide Mobilizing for Action through Partnering and Planning (MAPP) in Camden, NJ
  • Community health assessment. Partner: Middlesex County Health Department – Middlesex County, NJ
  • Participates in the Healthy New Brunswick 2010 Initiative and the NJ Partners inJustice Task Force – New Brunswick, NJ
  •  HIPHOP Student Clinic Project (evaluation). Partner: Elijah’s Promise – New Brunswick, NJ

Professional Service:

  • Member, Board of CAMConnect  (a local effort to link communities with information to create a learning partnership in Camden and the Camden City Cancer Initiative Leadership Council) – Camden, NJ Board 
  • Board Member, Crossroads USA (which assists migrant Haitian farm workers in the Dominican Republic
  • Presentation of technical papers on the Split, Croatia Project in Belfast, Northern Ireland; at the World Health Organization’s (WHO) International Healthy Cities Conference (2004); at the Global Health Council’s conference on Youth at Risk (2004)
  • Member, Practice Standards Re-Adoption Group (PSRAG) (assisting the Office of Local Public Health Practice and Regional Systems Development/NJDHSS with the rulemaking and re-adoption process)
  • New Jersey Public Health Association representative to the New Jersey Violent Death Reporting System Advisory Board

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